Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 30, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the application by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of an instruction against the enforcement of certain physician supervision requirements with respect to outpatient therapeutic services in critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2017 to Jan 29, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Original | Jan 30, 2017 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Feb 14, 2017 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Sep 6, 2017 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Jan 29, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-702 | RURAL HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES169 pages | Finance Committee | May 24, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 741 | Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 9, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a permanent extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
